While the use of recreational marijuana is now legal some states, there is nothing prohibiting employers from letting go of workers for having it in their system Read More: Why smoking weed can get you fired in Massachusetts– even though it’s legal | US news | The Guardian

By Daniel Schemer / Contributing WriterPosted Jan 31, 2019 at 3:01 AM MIDDLEBORO — Right now, nearby cities and towns such as Wareham and Fall River are getting a lot of attention and potential tax revenue pouring in as Massachusetts’ first wave of marijuana retail sales dispensaries open shop.In Wareham, for example, business is so…

By Colin A. Young State House News Service 23 hrs ago BOSTON — About two-thirds of Massachusetts employers test their employees or prospective employees for drug use, but only 10 percent said they plan to alter their drug testing policies now that it is legal for adults to use marijuana in Massachusetts.An Associated Industries of…

By Patrick Johnson | pjohnson@repub.com WORCESTER — Peter Molle Jr. of Holland pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to running an illegal marijuana-growing operation and money laundering.Molle, 36, admitted to two counts of manufacturing marijuana and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, and a single count of money laundering in U.S. District Court in…

By Rick SchettinoJan 28, 2019 It took two years for Massachusetts to get its adult-use cannabis program up and running. But by the end of 2018, there were five recreational dispensaries in business throughout the state. First day sales added up to more than $440,000, and by the middle of December, sales had added up…

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) has rejected a pro-cannabis legalization TV ad that Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRZF), a cannabis company that counts former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld among its advisors, intended to run during the Super Bowl.CBS told Acreage’s the company “will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana…

By Colin A. Young, State House News ServicePosted Jan 25, 2019 at 10:37 AM Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 10:41 AMMarijuana regulators licensed the 100th cannabis business in Massachusetts on Thursday and voted to move three retail stores closer to being allowed to open their doors.Among the nine final licenses approved Thursday by the Cannabis…

By Michelle Williams | Michelle.Williams@MassLive.comIn the first two months of recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts, pot shops took in nearly $24 million in sales, according to data released by state regulators.The Cannabis Control Commission, the state’s marijuana regulatory agency, released the figures this week.Massachusetts opened the first retail pot shops east of the Mississippi in…